Senior Physiotherapist – AHP Level 3 – Community Physiotherapy
Tasmanian Health Service – North (Launceston General Hospital)
To be Tasmanian is to value quality over quantity. We create, preserve, and protect the unusual. With quiet confidence, with passion and perseverance, we pursue the extraordinary. Could you be Tasmanian?
You’ve paired a diverse clinical skillset with leadership nous. And you could put this into place anywhere. What’s different about Tasmania is our culture and our lifestyle. Here you will be encouraged to be yourself, to learn, to grow and to develop meaning in your work. You will have a powerful connection to your patients, you will influence decision making within a vital service, and the community will encourage your success. Our isolation helps drive a culture of creation and human connection, which feels both old fashioned and… like the only future worth pursuing.
Be welcomed and encouraged in a dynamic team of 80 staff members.
Here you’ll be spoilt for choice when it comes to breath-taking coastlines, National Parks, and incredible fresh produce crafted by locals. After a hard day at work, you don’t sit in traffic for an hour. You’re decompressing with a wander through our beautiful city, on putting on your boots and telling it to a mountain, within minutes.
We offer an exciting and rewarding place to work, featuring contemporary, evidence-informed practise that sees our Physiotherapists closely linked to the broader multidisciplinary team. We are a team of some 80 staff, a mix of passionate locals and new Tasmanian adventurers who will welcome your energy and experiences into the group dynamic. Here, you can work and learn alongside highly accomplished Physios like John Cannell, Ianthe Boden and Jane Lockstone, while making a difference to the lives of a diverse and inclusive community.
This important role will see you working within our Physiotherapy Neuro-Rehabilitation team, and collaborating closely with the Community Occupational Therapy team. You will be looked toward to provide tailored, goals-based care to some of our most vulnerable community members, helping them to resume and maintain meaningful lives outside of hospital, within the communities that they love. And we’ll be committed to seeing you thrive. We’ll look after you from the very beginning, ensuring you are fully welcomed into our team and culture. As an Allied Health group, we are dedicated to the development of our people and will work to help you to achieve your goals. Guy McLachlan moved here from interstate to take on a Senior Physiotherapy role in 2023. He would be most happy to hear from you to answer questions about his journey to Tasmania, and how he finds working in our health service and physio team: guy.mclachlan@ths.tas.gov.au
For more information about this position please email or phone John Cannell john.cannell@ths.tas.gov.au or (03) 6777 6216.
If you need any more convincing about our beautiful part of the world, here it is Northern Tasmania
Details of appointment:
Fixed term, part time, day worker position, working up to 34 hours per fortnight, commencing from 11 August 2025 until 7 August 2026.
*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.
Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.
Salary: $110,425 to $121,907 per annum (Pro rata). Our Employer 12% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.
- Salary range is in accordance with Allied Health Professionals Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement No. 2 of 2022
- Please note that access to salaries beyond $119,290 is subject to qualifications and/or application to the personal upgrade scheme
Salary Packaging:
You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible.
Allowances:
In addition, the following allowances calculated on the salaried incremental point may be available:
- Professional Development Allowance of up to $1000 per annum
Benefits available to eligible candidates:
- Travel and relocation assistance support available up to $2000 of expenses incurred through relocating
- Professional development and accelerated pathways.
- A range of leave entitlements, including study leave and Professional Development Support.
- Fitness Passport – You, and your family can access 40+ fitness facilities across Tasmania for just $13.95 per week per person, or $25.95 for a family.
More information about our Employee Benefits can be found here
Eligibility:
Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria.
Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:
Note: - Please refer to the Application Guide for more information of pre-employment check.
Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents
We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties, Function statement, Applicant Guide, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and application guidance.
Statement of Duties:
Function Statement
Application Guide:
How to apply:
Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.
You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.
*applications from Recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role
For more information:
Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.
John Cannell
Neuro-Rehabilitation Clinical Lead Physiotherapist
Phone: (03) 6777 6216
Email: john.cannell@ths.tas.gov.au
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